Cairo
Watercolour
1890 (painted)
1890 (painted)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Watercolour drawing
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Cairo (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour over pencil |
| Brief description | Watercolour, `Cairo', 1890, by Axel Herman Haig RPE |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed with title, signed with monogram AH and dated 1890 |
| Credit line | Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A |
| Object history | According to Rodney Searight:- `[Provenance] L.R. Abel Smith.' |
| Historical context | Haig seems to have visited Egypt in 1890. He made several etchings and a lithograph of Cairo, including `In the Arab Quarter, Cairo', in 1891; the following year he exhibited `Evening, Cairo' at the RA (1259). |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | SD.476 |
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| Record created | February 6, 2008 |
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